TSA Fun

[Speaker to Animals]

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A group of 11 people went through an unmanned TSA security gate at John F. Kennedy International Airport and are now believed to have boarded flights, according to NBC News investigative reporter Tom Winter, citing officials.
In a statement, TSA officials said the administration, "is reviewing reports of a possible security incident this morning at John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminal 5. Early reports indicate 3 passengers did not receive required secondary screening after alarming the walk through metal detector.
"All personal carry on bags received required screening," the statement continued. "TSA works with a network of security layers both seen and unseen. We are confident this incident presents no threat to the aviation transportation system. Once our review is complete TSA will discipline and retrain employees as appropriate."

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Please, Trump, can we finally kill the TSA?

I love how they invoke the Nicene Creed to assure passengers. We believe in security both seen and unseen..

[Fife]

Please, Trump, can we finally kill the TSA?

I love how they invoke the Nicene Creed to assure passengers. We believe in security both seen and unseen..

The modern state will willingly chunk out the Nicene Creed at the proles so fast it makes everyone in attendance's head spin out of control.

We should make travelers read Paul Tillich before facing the indignities of the state in "free" travel.

[jbird4049]

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A group of 11 people went through an unmanned TSA security gate at John F. Kennedy International Airport and are now believed to have boarded flights, according to NBC News investigative reporter Tom Winter, citing officials.
In a statement, TSA officials said the administration, "is reviewing reports of a possible security incident this morning at John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminal 5. Early reports indicate 3 passengers did not receive required secondary screening after alarming the walk through metal detector.
"All personal carry on bags received required screening," the statement continued. "TSA works with a network of security layers both seen and unseen. We are confident this incident presents no threat to the aviation transportation system. Once our review is complete TSA will discipline and retrain employees as appropriate."

http://wjla.com/news/nation-world/repor ... rd-flights


Please, Trump, can we finally kill the TSA?

I love how they invoke the Nicene Creed to assure passengers. We believe in security both seen and unseen..

Something we do agree on.

But don't you understand? The TSA is a jobs program for creating Kabuki security to fool us rubes into thinking that they actually freaking care about us.

I don't know about right now, but for years after 9/11 the security for the luggage handlers didn't exist. Just about anyone could be hired, and what they could bring in wasn't checked. Of course no one could see that, so no theater required.

[Speaker to Animals]

In the 90s I flew out of a really small municipal airport in northern Texas that accepted the little shuttle flights that took you to Dallas. You exited the plane directly into the terminal and walked to your next flight. You luggage was transfered automatically to the new plane.

At the little airport, NOTHING was checked. Not my carry on. Not me. Not my checked baggage.

If anything, the 9-11 hijackers were retarded for relying on boxcutters (which were allowed at the time). They could have just driven to one of those smaller regional airports that didn't check luggage, and then transferred to a 747 at the hub.

And after 9-11, the biggest security vulnerabilities were shored up. (1) cockpit doors are now bolted shut. (2) people are not going to just sit there and allow hijackers to take the plane wherever.

All we need to do is hire decent private contractors to check all the luggage at this point.

[Okeefenokee]

All we need to do is hire decent private contractors to check all the luggage at this point.

and roger.

[Fife]

Some jobs are so important only the state can carry them out.

[jbird4049]

In the 90s I flew out of a really small municipal airport in northern Texas that accepted the little shuttle flights that took you to Dallas. You exited the plane directly into the terminal and walked to your next flight. You luggage was transfered automatically to the new plane.

At the little airport, NOTHING was checked. Not my carry on. Not me. Not my checked baggage.

If anything, the 9-11 hijackers were retarded for relying on boxcutters (which were allowed at the time). They could have just driven to one of those smaller regional airports that didn't check luggage, and then transferred to a 747 at the hub.

And after 9-11, the biggest security vulnerabilities were shored up. (1) cockpit doors are now bolted shut. (2) people are not going to just sit there and allow hijackers to take the plane wherever.

All we need to do is hire decent private contractors to check all the luggage at this point.

I've occasionally flown in/out of some airports like SFO, and before 9/11 I could just show ID, walked without stopping through a metal detector onto the plane. Once I was late, and arrived 15 minutes before takeoff. Lucky me, no lines and still just about strolled onto the plane.

Since when have we needed the TSA?

The only reason given is the terrorists, but we have had that problem since the 1960s. Also it was the FBI/CIA jokers who failed to catch them. Besides that, the only reason that the 9/11 Hijackers succeeded is that people were taught to obey. Previously, hijackers wanted money, a trip, or somebody released.

I have never heard anything good about its effectiveness. It seems to be right up there with the Border Patrol, DEA, and ATF in dysfunction. Maybe we should junk them too. Well, maybe the Border Patrol but only after a heavy house cleaning.

[apeman]

The TSA is a jobs program for creating Kabuki security to fool us rubes into thinking that they actually freaking care about us.

Stimulus!

[SuburbanFarmer]

Agreed with the above. Waiting for someone to say the TSA is important or useful...

[Ex-California]

I'd venture to say the TSA is the most useless of all of the alphabet soup organizations